Rail-tie.



l Railfiis, of which l and has for its principal object to construct eVlwooden ties in ordina o'ut interfering wi provide a raiIWay-tie with afastening device.

't e invention.

UNITED STATES MARTIN MCCAWLEY, O F

RAIL

No. 828,499. Specication of MILLPURT, NEW YORK.

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Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 14, i906.

Nuenen im any Inma. sms in. 316,317.

To ad whom, t may concern;

Be it known that I, MARTIN MCCAWLEY, a' citizen of the United States,residin at Miii ort, in the county of Chemung an State of glow York,have invented a new and useful the foilovving is a. speeif cation. n

"This invention relates to raiiway-rail ties,Y

cheep and durabie tie of steel or iron and con'-Y crete or similarmaterial, which may be emplojved to advantage as a substitute for Afurtheriject of t e invention is to oonstruct a tie'in which the raiisare providedY with cushioned sn ports. A

A still further o'lIiJect of the invention is to provide a tie having erail-festenin deviee'o simple construction end by wine Vthe rails ma. berrnl secured in lace. Y

sti urt er object o the invention iste provide a rail-fastening 0f `suchconstruction as to permit the raid replacing of raiis mth'- therunningof trains.V A still further object of the invention is to of suchconstruction as to permit adiustment of the rails for the purpose ofchanging the gege when necessary without an change or aiterstion in theconstruction of t e fastener; r

A stili further obiect of the invention to provide a raiway-tie andrail-fastening which may be empioyedto advantegevat any point in thelength of the rail -as weil asvat railjoints. Y Y Y I With these andother objects in viewlas will more fuily hereinafter e peer, theinvention consists 1n certain nove features of com. struction anderrangeinent of erts hereinafter fully described, iliustreted in theaccorn panyinp; drawings, and particuiarly pointed out in the appendedclaims, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportions, size, end minor details of the strue-V tnre may be madewithout ydeparting romethe s rtor saoriiicing any of the advantages of'in the accompanying drawings, Fignre is erspective view of a raiiway-tieconstructin accordance With the invention, siionfing.V one rail inposition. Fig. 2 is a. pian vievoi one end ofthe tie, showing thepositionef the rel-fastenng device Where the rais are to be standardgege. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectionel view through the tie on tbe line4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the ar trangement of thefastening device when in engagement with a fsh-plate at the juncture 'oftivo rails.

Y Siiniier numerals of reference ere empioyed toindieete correspondinparts throughout 'the several figures ofthe rewin s.

The tie forming the subject othe present Vinvention is formed of stampedor `pressed steeior sixniier metal and is in the forni of eYYeiieineiliar in cross-section its opposite side Yvv'alisV beingpreferably sii btiy. tapered toopen bottom. n some ceses the ties may beformed of rolled or of cest metal. The tie is provided with e illing 11,formed of eonelete or similar initially piastie material 'held miplaeeby the tapered walls of the tie and which when ence set adds to thestrength and rigidity of the tie. Y VNeer each end of the tie is a.circuler recess 'piaced e disk 17, Whickmey be formed of any `the disk,its 'Weight being imposed on the esinon, and in order not to interferewith with recesses@ at oints below the reil, so that the Weight of t eletter wiil be supported by the disk and none of it will be imposeddirectly n on the tie.

The rai -festening disk is provided with e. air of blocks 21, that arearranged to engage with the foot of the rail, the disks bein turned forthis purpose'untii the biocksbin when tbeblof ks are adjusted to thisposition the ere in einementwith lugs 23, thet are pre erably formedintegral with the tie roper end proiect sli htly over tbe edge of t eeireuiei rc1-,ess he ad'acent or contsctin feces of e' rh block andlugare provided wit reeesses fo.` the reception of a locking-key 25. which1s dropped into piace end w 'cli may be secured by a lineb in 36,extendi three 1i alinin opennzgs armed in the bioc '2i an tbe lof` Line*devise.

and .i that tile rad-engaging biooks 21' me spaced at standard gage'.Fig. 3 is a. similar view showing another adjustment of the insitingdevice where the width is greater ztiieif, i respectively,

"Middag: [accenni: with resert. to the disk- Lim. letto say, They er aiifierent distances,

suitable metal, and the rail rests on top of milyageinst opposite'sidesof the rail, and j from s inie drawn dameirleallw V15, Within which isplaced n. disk 16, formed tiiis'the opposite sides of the tie areprovided ier' It will ivf-f cierred on referenffto Figs. 2

across the disk and parallel with the length of the rail. Y

Where thc rails are employed on a straight track, cach rail is placed inthe position shown in Fig. .Z-tliat is to say, at a point nearest thecenter of the length of the tieand in this position the rails will be atstands ard gave-that is to say, four feet eight and one-half inchesapart. On curves, however, the gage is slightly increased, and for thistir ose the disk is turnedto the extent of ial a revolution, so thatwhen the rail is placed in position and clamped, as shown in l1ig. 3, itwill be somewhat nearer the end of the tie. The extent of thisadjustment ma be best 'observed by the position 'of the rail withrespect to therecesses 20 of the tie in` Figs. 2 and 3.

Ihis form of tie and fastening is'found of exceptional advantage' Whererailsare to be renewed without interfering wi th the running trains.4For this purpose any number of rail-` sections may be bolted together bythe usual fish-plates and placedwin position alongside the railwaysrailwhich is to be removed and the fastenings of the latter rail being movedto release position, except'some few fastenings at ipte vals. After thepassage of a, train the aining fastenin are turned to release positionand the raif is removed, a newfrail being dropped into place and anumber of fastenings turned in order to hold the l rail until thepassage of the next train, after f which the remaining fasteners may beturned frr the purpose of firmly securing the railin ace.

Where the tie is em loyed at the rail-bint, the projecting ends o thesecuring-bloc s 2l are arranged to lit in the spike-notches :c of the{ish-plates x', as shown m Fig. 5.

1. A metallic tie in the forni of a channelbar in crosssection, theinner faces if the side webs of the bar being tapered, said tie havinrfa iillino' of concrete or similar initiall .b 3: )i plastic material. iff 2, A railway-tie having a recessed upper face, a cushioning member inthe recess, and a circumferentially-adjustable rail-locking memberresting on said cushioning member.

3. A railway-tie, a recessed up )er face, a circumferentially adjustablerai engaging member within said recess,- and means for ing a recessed uper face, bta mil-locking'v member arrange within the recess, andi th!opposite edges of the tie being recessedl at points below the rail toprevent'engagenient of the latter with the tie.

7. A circumerentially-adjustable railJc'king" memberl having spacedmeans arranged respectively at different dis tances rom the center ofsaid member.

8. A eireumferentially-adjustable rail-sup portinginember having spacedeccentricallh dis osed means for engaging the foot ci t e rai Y 9. Arailwa -tie anda rail-'engaging menuibersuplporte thereby, said memberbeing revolu y adjustable to alter thed'istamse tween the end of the tieand the rail.

10. The cembination with arsillway-tie, of arevo]ubly-adjustable'rail-en aging'member having spaced eccentrcallyisposed4 blocks for gripping the foot of the rail.

11. he combination with a metallic` tie havi apepessed u per face, of apair of re'- ccsse .lugs carried )y the tie and projecting slightlybeyond the edge of the tierecess, a metallic disk'revolnbly adjustablewitlfiiii` the recess, and provided with a pair of spacedrail-engagingblocks having recesses movable into alinenient with the recesses of thelugs,-

,securing-piiis ada ted to the alining recesses, and means for loc ino'said pins 1n position.

In testimony that claim the'foregoing as my own I have hereto allixed mysignature in .the presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN MCCAWLEY.

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